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Land as a matter of human rights
- The Broker
- 12 December 2013
Land grabbing is an expression of the dominant development model based on production and consumption patterns in which financial capital reigns.
Former Blackstone unit exec Bruce Wrobel dies
- CNBC
- 12 December 2013
Wrobel was CEO of Herakles Farms, which had sought to build palm oil farms in Cameroon.
Land conflicts in Argentina: From resistance to systemic transformation
- Food First
- 12 December 2013
Peasant movements are resisting this assault on their lands and fighting to transform the system.
CapMan Russia fund exits Russian Baltic Pork Invest ASA to international agro-food conglomerate
- GlobeNewswire
- 12 December 2013
Fund sells large scale pork farm in Russia to Thailand's Charoen Pokphand Foods.
CPPIB buys Saskatchewan farms in $128-million deal
- Globe and Mail
- 12 December 2013
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is buying a portfolio of Saskatchewan farms, with the $128-million purchase of Assiniboia Farmland LP.
South-South land grabbing: what the case of Egypt and its southern neighbours reveals
- Pambazuka
- 12 December 2013
Emerging regional powers’ in the South have produced powerful finance capitalists such as the Egyptian firm, Citadel Capital. Allied with global governance institutions, such firms represent greater control over vital resources and distribution routes for private wealth accumulation
Colombia: Se abre paso el proyecto que limita la extranjerización de la tierra
- Radio Santa Fe
- 12 December 2013
La Plenaria del Senado aprobó en segundo debate un proyecto de ley que controla y pone límites a la adquisición de tierras por parte de extranjeros.
Pachamama, especulaciones del hambre
- Pachamama Telesur
- 11 December 2013
Grandes corporaciones, especialmente chinas y saudíes, están comprando enormes extensiones de tierra en países africanos.
Sierra Leone: la police tire sur des manifestants opposés à un projet de plantation du groupe Bolloré
- Agence Ecofin
- 11 December 2013
La police sierra-léonaise a ouvert le feu, le 10 décembre, sur des manifestants armés, protestant contre un projet d'expansion d’un projet de culture d'huile de palme de la Société financière des caoutchoucs (Socfin), a déclaré un responsable de la police.
Colombian rebels seen blocking farmland overhaul
- Bloomberg
- 11 December 2013
Bloomberg reports that a Colombian government plan to help Cargill and other investors acquire farmland was possibly killed by the FARC, meeting with officials for peace talks 1,400 miles away in Havana.
Quand les multinationales utilisent le droit pour faire taire leurs critiques
- Multinationales.org
- 11 December 2013
Face aux voix critiques qui mettent en lumière les atteintes aux droits occasionnées par leurs activités, de plus en plus d’entreprises répondent en leur intentant des procès.
Sierra Leone police open fire during anti-palm oil protest
- Reuters
- 10 December 2013
Police in Sierra Leone opened fire on Tuesday on an armed protest against the expansion of palm oil plantations operated by the international agro-investor Socfin Group, a police chief said.